The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-10
BREArH1Ne RUIN.

OLQerS were 18mllar WIFI the workings
of this revolutionary committee, which
had for Its purpose the reorganization"
of society as it then existed in Chicago.
Ali of them in their speeches ad
vised the use of dynamite on the police
1.-The organized bandittI of the law
and also to blow up the residences and
stores of the rich men. Fieldeu wanted
Michigan Avenue RACED to the ground,
and the last words he uttered just
before the explosion of the bomb were:
Throttle the law; stab it; kill it," AT
| the time of the actual explosion of the
bomb Parsons was standing at the
window of Zepf's Hall, corner Of
block away, and could see the explo-
sion, though at that time he had no
means of knowing what it was. He had
spoken at the meeting only few
moments previously.
THE INTERNATIONAL WoRKINGMEN's Asso-
| CITATION.
There formerly existed in Chicago an
organization known as the In
ternatiOnsl Workingmen's Associa-
ton, the platform or declaration
of principles of which urged
that "the present system under which
| property is owned by individuals should
| be destroyed, and that all capital which
has been Produced by labor should be
transformed into common property"
The international platform addressed
| the worklngmen and advised them to
arm themselves for the purpose of re
| bellion." The association was divided
into groups" Of which there were
| eighty in the United States in March,
| 1885, located principally in the cities of
industry.
For some time previous to May l,
1886, a number of these groups IN
Chicsgo-the North Side, the North
west Side, the American, the Karl
Marx, the Freheit the Southwest Side,
and Jefferson No. 1. Schwab, Neebe
and Lining belonged to the North Side
GROUP" Engel and Fischer to the
Northwest Side. and Spies, Parsons aud
Eielden to the American. There
was also an armed sociaIistic Or
gsnization called the Lehr und Wehr-
Verein, whose members seem to have
also been members of the International
groups" but to have been of higher
rank, and to have attained higher
grade in the perfection of their drill
than was the case with the ordinary
members of the armed sections"
The evidence during the trial did not
disclose the exact number of those who
belonged to the Lehr und Weir Verein
at the time of the Haymarket massacre,
but IN 1879 it was 1000 men. Its mem
bers were armed with Springfield rifles
and were known by numbers. they
conducted their drills and military
exercises at Thalia Hall, No. 636 Mil
waukee Avenue, where the Northwest
Side group" the most radically an
archistic OF all the groups" held its
meetings. In the spring of 1885 there
were 5000 of these armed Socialists, OF
whom Parsons then said that 'they
were well armed with rifles and re-
volvers, and would have dynamite and
bombs when they got ready to use
them AS they were known by num-
bers, no record was kept of their names,
and a system was adopted by which
the members would be as little knoWn
to each other as possible.
The branch OF the international
Workingmen's Association which eX-
listed in Chicago during 1885 and up to
May 4, 1886, was a compact, well-disci-
plined organization. At the head of it
was q general or central committee.
Verein, a secret military organization.
divided into companies. Then came
the armed sections" Of the various
"groUps," prac ticing their weekly drills
at night and Sunday, in various parts
of The city, and in some instances, I'M
der the direction and instruction of the
officers of the Lehr ind Wehr-Verein.
Then came the unarmed members OF
the groups" who were constantly in
contact with their armed brethren. and
in hearty sympathy with their purposes
and principles.
As to some of the groups" all the
members seemed to have been engaged
in arming and drilling. There can be
no doubt whatever that the organiZa-
ton was an unlawful one, and that
those who were members of It we're en-
gagged IN conspiracy which threatened
the peace and safety of the city, and led
up to the slaughter at helHaymarket,
May 4, 1886.
It's purpose vas to bring about
social revolution, which meant the
destruction of the right OF private
ownership of property. It's methods
were unlawful. The arming and drilling
of the groups" was in direct violation
OF the militia law of the State. The
organization had its headquarters in
the Afbeiter-Zeitung building, and in
room connected with the Arbeiter-
Zeitung Office. From that place mainly
its policy was dictated and the orders
which controlled It's movements issued.
Among the principal persons who
shaped its policy and outlined its course
of action were Spies, Schwab, Engel,
Ljngg, Fieiden, Parsons, and in a SUI
coordinate degree, Neebe. A
Extracts from the Alarm, Parsons |
paper, the Arbeiter-Zeitung and the An-
drchiSt, and from speeches OF. Schwab, |
Spies, Parsons. Fielden and Engel, |
shows that revolution and bloodshed |
were the aims of those connected with |
the organization. These articles and |
speeches were of the most incendiary |
and sought to inspire feel |
ing of hatred among the workingmen !
against the police, militia and property |
owning classes.
ADVOCACY oF:sLAUGHrER.
Open murder was advocated by these |
speakers. who did not hesitate to utter |
threats in the very face of the police |